Chronological Index

1773 Aug. 12Representaton to King. Poverty in Islands because of an earthquake and decline in trade,
in particular the galleon trade with New Spain; raise silver quota that can be legally bought
back from New Spain.

item Part II: #90

1773 Sept. 24Copy of decree. Gives Consulado right to use "Real Consulado."

item Part II: #91c

1777 Aug. 21Decree regarding loss of the San Carlos.

item Part II: #64

1779 Aug. 15Royal Order. Philippine merchants given permission to ship to America clothes and goods
from China for duration of war and that Viceroy should not put obstacles in way of
disembarkation of goods shipped on Nao.

item Part II: #91b

1779 Oct. 13Copy of decree of 10/13/1779 reducing duties on silver brought into Philippines; extends
concessions of previous decree allowing additional goods to be taken to Acapulco.

item Part II: #89

1780 ?Undated. List of royal decrees 1773-1779. Brief summary of 40 royal decrees.

1788 July 162 copies of RTCM decision. Not to send Nao in 1788 because of abundance of goods brought
in by Company into New Spain; harvests poor and mines not in full operation.

item Part II: #78

1788 Aug. 9Apoderado General to King. Petition regarding unfair competition of RCF in introduction
of Company goods via the port of Vera Cruz in New Spain; Spanish community in Islands is
dependent on Nao's trade with New Spain; Company should not be allowed to trade with New
Spain.

item Part II: #79

1788 Aug. 30Treatise on state of the Islands. Many topics, including that Islands' economy is almost
entirely dependent on success of Acapulco fairs.

item Part II: #80

1788 Oct. 2Treatise on decline of the Islands. Gives brief history; decline of Nao also means
decline in European population in Manila.

item Part I: #4

1788 Dec. 22Para fomento de ... RTCM to the King. Only Spaniards should be eligible for post of
Commander of Acapulco Nao.

item Part II: #84

1788 [?]Copies of accounts; profits and losses at Acapulco fair.

item Part II: #22b

1789 Jan [?]RTCM to Miguel de Orbaneja. 150 pesos sent by Procurador General de
México.

1790 [?]Representation to King. Appeals RCF's attempts to abolish the Nao; galleon trade is the
only means of survival of people in Philippines; reasons for not holding fair in Acapulco was
because port was already saturated with goods brought by Company.

item Part I: #5

1791 July 14RTCM to the King. Repeats request of Part I: #4 (Commander of Acapulco Nao) and
transportation of goods is given to naval officers in preference to merchants.

item Part II: #23

1793 July 12RTCM to Miguel de Orbaneja. Dissatisfaction of way galleons are run. Inexperienced
commander; the San Andrés; the Magallanes; make Acapulco a free port.

item Part II: #10

1794 July 18RTCM to Jacinto Sánchez Tirado. Confirms Tirado's new position; unable to hold
fair in Acapulco since 1786.

item Part II: #88

1794 July 19List of cargo of Magallanes. Types of goods and identifying marks on
containers.

item Part II: #1

1794 July 21RTCM to Miguel de Orbaneja y Ortega. Orbejana has been replaced as Apoderado General by
Jacinto Sánchez Tirado.

item Part II: #96

1795-18028 sets of accounts. Prepared during Sánchez Tirado's period in office and
handed over to Doncel after former's death. (See Part II: #95)

item Part II: # 2

1795 May 9Miguel de Orbaneja to RTCM. Plans to start legal proceedings to contest his
dismissal.

1799 Jan. 2Orbaneja to RTCM. "Copy of letter originally dated 1/12/1798. April 1992." regarding 150
pesos sent by Procurador General de México.
[Note: I believe the Quaritch
inventory to be in error on both dates.
The date of the letter has been written over,
changing the day and month to 2 Enero. I cannot read what was originally written. The year has
been changed from 1798 to 1799. There is a note at the bottom that someone asked who held some
office in Abril de 92, obviously 1792, not 1992. V.C.F.]

item Part II: #22f

1799 Jan. 12Agustín La Torre to Jacinto Sánchez Tirado. 150 pesos sent by
Procurador General de México; identifies the priest.

item Part II: #22d

1799 Jan. 22Benito López to Jacinto Sánchez Tirado. 150 pesos sent by
Procurador General de México.

1800 Feb. 10Collection of copies of royal decrees. Decree of Dec. 11, 1776 allows RTCM to send goods
to Acapulco to value of 750,000 pesos instead of 500,000 and double the silver for two years;
problems because of war with Britain.

1800 Feb. 14RTCM to Jacinto Sánchez Tirado. Appointment of an incompetent relative of the
Governor of Philippines.

item Part II: #75

1800 Feb. 14RTCM to Jacinto Sánchez Tirado. Regarding 3 testimonios of complaints against
Governor related to sending cargo on now damaged Magallanes by northern route (dangerous sailing
and risks of attacks by British); loss of the San Andrés; problems of the Magallanes;
appointment of Maestre de Plata; purchase of the San Rafael using Consulate funds.

1801 Apr. 8Jacinto Sánchez Tirado to King. King should censure Governor for appointment
of maestre de plata; restore Consulado's powers.

item Part II: #39

1801 June 3Alexo López de la Peña to Jacinto Sánchez Tirado.
Compensation for loss of the San Andrés in 1798; inadequate silver quotas permitted
to be brought back from Mexico; contraband goods.

item Part II: #74

1801 June 10Jacinto Sánchez Tirado to King. Decline in trade; reduce payment of duties
from triple to single contributions.

item Part II: #72

1801 June 15Jacinto Sánchez Tirado to King. Complains that Consulado cannot use its full
powers, which has caused losses; Governor's use of northern route for the San Rafael and the
Luconia; censure the Governor and Assessor for interfering with RTCM.

item Part II: #62

1801 July 24Jacinto Sánchez Tirado to King. Misfortunes of Islands because of war with
France and Britain; protection for galleon trade; King should order Viceroy of New Spain to
repeal provisions governing return of silver.

1801 Nov. 7Jacinto Sánchez Tirado to King. Request that the King refuse approval of
Governor's additional 21 articles; Supercargo of Nao should be approved by Consulado; observe
provisions of decree of 1757.

item Part II: #56

1801 Nov. 16Jacinto Sánchez Tirado to King. Governor of Philippines is not keeping RTCM
informed on disputes; requests that Secretaryship of New Spain should inform Consulado of
measures taken since 1794 relating to trade in Philippines.

item Part II: #54

1801Ignacio Cobarrubias (RTCM) to Viceroy of New Spain. Unloading and sale of cargo from the
San Francisco Xavier; if is allowed, could be precedent, which would damage Islands.

item Part II: #58

1801 [?]Jacinto Sánchez Tirado to King. History of trade in Philippines; misfortunes
like loss of several galleons and a fire in warehouses in Manila; Crown should help boost the
Islands trade with New Spain; merchants bring back all silver of proceeds of their trade in
Acapulco, paying 7% duties on all over one million pesos.

item Part II: #63

1801 [?]Diego de Agreda to Viceroy of New Spain. Galleon losses; asks Viceroy to allow merchants
to ship back silver they have in Acapulco.

1802-181332 copies of fiscal responses to Expedientes of Consulado. Armenians; appointments of
Maestre de Plata and Oidor.

item Part II: #97

1802-182049 copies of royal decrees and royal orders relating to RTCM. All aspects of Philippine
trade.

item Part II: #52

1802 Jan. 5Jacinto Sánchez Tirado to King. Make an example of the San Francisco Xavier;
make it return to Peru; should not be allowed to sell cargo in New Spain; should give copy of
order to Viceroy of New Spain.

item Part II: #55

1802 Jan. 29Jacinto Sánchez Tirado to King. Distribution of boletas on the Nao; favoritism
of Governor in assigning space.

item Part II: #50

1802 Feb. 14Jacinto Sánchez Tirado (?) to Manuel Godoy. Illegal unloading and sale of
goods from San Francisco Xavier in San Blas.

item Part II: #49

1802 Feb. 26Jacinto Sánchez Tirado (?) to Diego de Agreda. Unloading of San Francisco
Xavier under false pretenses, thus allowing the Company to sell goods in Acapulco
illegally.

item Part I: #15a

1802 June 11Jacinto Sánchez Tirado to King. Unloading of San Francisco Xavier at San Blas
- problems with Philippine trade.

item Part I: #19a

1802 July 5RTCM to Miguel Cayetano Soler. Request to bring back in cash profits from previous
expeditions to Mexico; Acapulco.

item Part I: #15b

1802 Oct. 14Baltasar Doncel to King. Unloading of San Francisco Xavier at San Blas - must protect
Philippine merchants.

1814 Feb. 5RTCM to King. Requests removal of government monopoly on bonga fruit.

item Part I: #57a

1814 June 17Consulado de Manila ... comercio de Filipinas. Report on eight legal matters relating to
abolition of the Nao; cargo permit to be increased from 500,000 to 1 million; reduction of
duties; ships to Peru; export by residents and natives of products of the Islands; free trade
with inhabitants and Spanish establishments of Northwest California coast; silver in excess of
permitted amount to be taxed at 6%; Philippines should be treated same as Puerto
Rico.

item Part I: #57b

1814 June 17Report on pending matters with Consejo. Long accounts about history and importance of
items in Part I: #57a; importance of Islands to New Spain and Peru; dangers of English in
Southern California; abolition of the Nao; free trade and potential expansion of trade with
California.

1818 Feb. 6Baltasar Doncel to King. Expedition by Ibargoyen to China to purchase mercury for Mexican
silver mines; says was pretext for commercial speculation detrimental to merchants in New
Spain.

item Part II: #95a

1818 Feb. 14Note from executors of Jacinto Sánchez Tirado. After Sánchez
Tirado's death, executors hand over to Doncel all documents related to RTCM.

item Part I: #74a

1818 Apr. 6Baltasar Doncel to King. His salary to remain at 1,250 pesos.

item Part I: #78c

1818 Dec. 19Proceedings of Comercio de Filipinas. Derecho de reemplazo. Merchants have to pay taxes
on goods in China or India, in Manila and in New Spain; imports and exports of gold and silver
have more taxes.

1819 Apr. 23Baltasar [Doncel] to King or Ministro de Hacienda. Reduction in his salary.

item Part I: #82a

1819 Apr. 26Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Pedro Xavier de Vera. Wants him to represent them; powers of
attorney; get papers back from Doncel; agent in Mexico; send correspondence via New Spain,
Lisbon, etc.

1820 May 17Consulado de Manila. Request for reduction of 33.33% tax on goods in New Spain; trade
ruined by insurrection in Mexico and by permits granted to foreigners; abolition of the
Nao.

item Part I: #79

1820 May 24Viceroy of New Spain to Governor of Philippines. Until new regulations for commerce are
drawn up, they should proceed with royal orders of 1798 and 1806.

item Part I: #78g

1820 July 18Proceedings of Comercio de Filipinas. Creation of nautical college.

item Part I: #83h

1820 July 18Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Pedro Xavier de Vera. Bills of exchange payable; Doncel's
handling of request to exempt from Patriotic loan.

item Part I: #83i

1820 July 18Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Sres. Vocales de la Comisión de Reemplazos de
Guerra.

item Part I: #83j

1820 July 18Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Sres. Vocales de la Comisión de Reemplazos de
Guerra. History of their role; war subsidy.

item Part I: #83k

1820 July 18Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Sres. Vocales de la Comisión de Reemplazos de
Guerra. Bill of Exchange in favor of RCF regarding chartering the frigate Atocha belonging to
RCF. Royal frigate, the Reina Isabel, to take military expedition of Mar del Sur [Pacific
Ocean].

item Part I: #83l

1820 July 20Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Sres. Vocales de la Comisión de Reemplazos de
Guerra. Receipt of royal order of Nov. 11, 1818 requesting that Consulado undertake
administration of war subsidy.

item Part I: #83m

1820 Aug. 1Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Pedro Xavier de Vera. Sends duplicates of various letters
already sent via New Spain.

item Part I: #83n

1820 Nov. 11Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Francisco Garibay and Narciso Sanz de Azofra. Consulado is
giving Bernabé Escalada, the temporary Ministro de Hacienda, full powers to appoint
representatives.

item Part I: #83o

1820 Dec. 4Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Bernabé de Escalada. Sending duplicates of powers
of attorney.

item Part I: #84a

1821 Mar. 3Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Francisco Garibay. Acknowledges receipt of his letter of
June 13, 1820 regarding appointment of agents.

item Part I: #84b

1821 June 26Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Francisco Garibay. Receipt of various letters; new
regulations.

item Part I: #84c

1821 June 26Consulado de Manila; RTCM to Bernabé Escalada. Iturbide declared independence
in Mexico and seized funds of Philippine merchants, which he was supposed to be escorting to
Veracruz; government of New Spain.

item Part I: #84d

1821 Aug. 16Consulado de Manila. Reduction of Doncel's salary.

item Part I: #80b

1821 Nov. 9Poderes de RTCM ... Revokes powers given to late Pedro Xavier de Vera and granted to
Narciso Sans de Azofra. New powers to Bernabé de Escalada.

1822 Dec. 31Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Francisco Garibay. Receipt of various letters; money
received from Vera's estate.

item Part II: #100

1822 [?]El Apoderado del Real Consulado ... Wants King to introduce tax of 0.5% on Spanish trade
and 1% on foreign trade to pay cost of fitting out the bergantín Félix and
to pay for expedition to go to Mexico to rescue monies stolen by rebel government under
Iturbide.
[Note: Augustín de Iturbide was Emperor of Mexico, 1822-1823. Related
documents are Part I: #84c, dated 1821 and Part I: #87a, dated 1825. V.C.F.]

1827 Feb. 13Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Ministro de Hacienda? Election of José de
Eguia.

item Part I: #93a

1827 May 28RTCM to King. Concessions granted in Real Cédula of 3/7/1820 are helping
trade.

item Part I: #93b

1827 May 28RTCM to King. Cannot afford to contribute to cost of new customs building.

item Part I: #95c

1827 May 28RTCM to King. Rights to trade with peninsula without duties.

item Part I: #93c

1827 Sept. 30RTCM to King. Requests copy of approval of their 1819 accounts.

item Part I: #93d

1827 Sept. 30Francisco Garibay to Ministro de Hacienda. Ordenanzas of the Consulado.

item Part I: #90e

1827 Oct. 1Consulado de Manila. Encloses copy of royal order of Sept. 21, 1826 in which King gave
pectoral cross to his secretary; thanks the Consulado.

item Part I: #89d

1827 Dec. 7Consulado de Manila. RTCM to Francisco Garibay. Receipt of various letters; money lost on
the Feliz; build a steamship from Fondo de Avería to dredge obstructed canal, which
forms port of Manila.